AID Columbus organizes a variety of events to raise awareness about India -- both socially and culturally. We try to involve the local community in the Central Ohio area as much as possible by presenting them with a wide variety of different kinds of events.
- AID-C takes part in Taste of OSU 2007.
Taste of OSU, is a cultural mela organized by the Office of International Educat ion at The Ohio State University. The event brings in all the international student organizations under one roof to showcase their work, culture, talent and food from their countries. Food coupons are sold to the public allowing the event to serve as a fundraiser for each student organization. Around 2500 people attended the event held at the Recreation and Physical Activity Center, OSU. AID-Columbus was one of the 33 organization to participate in this fun filled event. AID volunteers and friends of AID talked enthusiastically about AID to the University community and sold delicious Indian food.
- Dancing in the Dark - A Dance performance by blind professional dancers.
- Ummeed - A concert for hope - A musical extravagananza by Sarod Maestro Amjad Ali Khan
and Sons Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan.
- Charity dinner -- Central Ohio Indian-American community (1999)
- Glittering Horizons -- A fusion concert presented by Chitraveena N. Ravikiran, Puvalur Srinivasan, and Mark Humphrey (2000)
- Bharatanatyam performance by Padmasri Alarmel Valli (2003)
- Perspectives '03 -- A seminar on water management issues in India (2003)
- Faculty Interaction Dinner -- OSU faculty (2004)
We have also presented a number of talks by AID Saathis, JeevanSaathis, and other people involved in grassroots poverty alleviation in India:
- Balaji Sampath, AID JeevanSaathi
- Ravi Kuchimanchi, AID JeevanSaathi
- LS Aravinda, AID JeevanSaathi
- Leo Saldanha (Environment Support Group), AID Saathi
- Dr. Sundarraman (Tamil Nadu Science Forum)
- Swati Desai (Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti), AID Saathi
- Rajendra Singh, Tarun Bharat Sangh -- June 2, 2004
- Balaji Sampath, AID JeevanSaathi -- June 11, 2004